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156750126London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket issued. Narratio quam Mattaeus VVestmonasteriensis monachus eius author vir in vtraque literature eruditus Flores historiarum scripsit. Anno Domini. 1567. vicesimo die Octobris. London: Printed by Richard Jugge 1567. 2 volumes bound as 1 vols. 339 1 227 1 pp. Hardcover. Folio. Professionally rebound in period style full studio dyed brown goat gilt spine with embossed gilt covers. Lovely recent period-style rebind. Facsimile title-page. Internally clean and tight. "Book 1 covering through the year 1066 follows closely the "Historia major" of Matthew Paris. Book 2 is an abridgment from the same work with additions covering 1067-1307. The additions from 1259-1273 have been attributed to William Rishanger. "Matthaeus Westmonasteriensis" is a fictitious name traditionally assigned to this compilation. The "Historia major" is based on an earlier work by Roger of Wendover also known as "Flores historiarum" probably based in turn on an earlier St. Albans chronicle. See Vaughan Richard. "Matthew Paris" Cambridge 1958." STC 2nd. ed. 17652. Very good/No jacket issued. Multiple volumes - extra shipping charges apply Printed by Richard Jugge hardcover books